In 1859 John Brown starts planning a slave revolt starting in Harper’s Ferry Virginia and going all across the south. Brown meets with Frederick Douglas in Chambersburg Pennsylvania and starts talking about the revolt and how they need money for it and how they are going to raise the money to get them down there to start the revolt. He agrees to help Brown with the money to try and get down there. Something interesting about this is Douglas now has a warrant for his arrest as an accomplice of Brown but he denies all the allegations. They raised the money and on October 16, 1859 the raid begins. Brown does not care who is in his way him and a group of 21 interracial men take havoc on Harper’s Ferry not caring about anything. Brown got caught
